Joan Byars Conner

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in First Baptist Church in Canyon with the Rev. Gene Jones, associate pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon.

A Christian sister, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Joan Byars Conner was born May 28, 1930. She graduated from West Texas High School and West Texas Teachers College, where she was a charter member of the Chi Omega sorority. She received her master’s degree in 1975, and taught in Amarillo, Liberty, Mo., Northwest Independent School District and Denton County. She retired in 1993.

She returned to Canyon in 1995 and was a member of First Baptist Church. Joan married Edwin Wayne Conner on Feb. 26, 1949. He preceded her in death on Sept. 17, 2003. As we celebrate her life and mourn her passing, her latest great-grandson, Jackson Byars Conner, was born on the day of her parting.

She also was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Shirley White and Dorothy Byars.

Survivors include two sons, Lon Ed Conner and wife Beverly of Amarillo and Guy Conner; a sister, Billie Erwin and husband Harold of Amarillo; five grandchildren, Josh Conner of Woodbine, Md., Micah Burnett of Amarillo, Wade Conner of Lantana, Christopher Conner and Cameron Conner, both of Dalhart; and eight great-grandchildren.

The family would like to thank the staff of Hudson House and Odyssey Hospice for their attention and support.